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Report: Boeing 787 fix getting done in S.C.

The 15th Boeing 787 Dreamliner center fuselage, which arrived in Everett on Jan. 5, is the last that will require a full side-of-body modification and reinforcement in the company’s widebody plant, Flightglobal’s Jon Ostrower reported Wednesday.

Boeing announced in August that it would do the fix at its North Charleston, S.C., site starting with the 16th 787.

Ostrower, citing program sources, reported that the 16th center wing box would arrive from North Charleston with a partially completed fix, while 17 through 49 would get the full fix in North Charleston and a new join would take the place of the fix starting with the 50th 787.

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